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July 2013: Whitehot Watch

by Jason Stopa

July is the return of the nude. Three big figurative shows are on view at Kansas, Morgan Lehman and Horton Gallery. At Horton, Jackie Gendel explores soft colors and superimposed images using a flat, wispy figuration with that subverts easy readings. See Mira Dancy's debut with Kansas Gallery entitled Bodytonic. And check out Ryan Schneider paintings in the group show, Bathers, at Morgan Lehman. Gary Petersen's large wall painting takes over the Curatorial Research Lab at Winkleman Gallery. And Raphael Rubenstein has put together a survey of 1980s abstraction at Cheim & Read that teems with unexpected works from Stanley Whitney and Mary Heilmann among others. Our top list follows:

Jason Stopa

Jason Stopa, b. 1983. is a painter, writer and curator in New York. Recent exhibits include Silhouette at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY, About Space at ArtBridge Drawing Room, NY, and The Triumph of Human Painting at Bull & Ram Gallery, Bushwick. Stopa received a BFA from Indiana University and and MFA from Pratt Institute. He is a contributing writer for Art In America, The Brooklyn Rail and Whitehot Magazine. His work has been reviewed in Interview Magazine, ArtInfo and New American Paintings. For more about Stopa please visit: http://jasonstopa.wordpress.com